Posts by Nigel Garvey
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(Message 3668)
Posted 9 Oct 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: If every single cruncher on the project is checking in every five minutes in response to server requests (http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/forum_thread.php?id=370), A@H's network's bound to be under a strain. |
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(Message 2588)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: I don't know how to do "compare by content" on Mac OS My preferred weapon's AppleScript. set aahPath to (path to application support from local domain as text) & "BOINC Data:Projects:asteroidsathome.net_boinc:" set data1 to (read file (aahPath & "period_search_10211_x86_64-apple-darwin__sse3") as data) set data2 to (read file (aahPath & "period_search_10211_x86_64-apple-darwin__sse3_osx") as data) return (data1 = data2) --> true NG |
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(Message 2582)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: period_search_10211_x86_64-apple-darwin__sse3 12-Nov-2013 16:32 344K period_search_10211_x86_64-apple-darwin__sse3_osx 01-Dec-2013 11:19 344K You're right. The two apps have exactly the same number of bytes. But it's rounded to 353K in the Finder display because Apple now defines a K as 1000 bytes, not 1024. By the way, that first task finished in 4 hours 21 minutes (not 111 hours) and I've now received another. NG |
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(Message 2577)
Posted 24 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: Thanks, Kyong. Unfortunately, that hasn't made any difference either. :( Just to let you know I successfully picked up an Asteroids@home task this morning. Its estimated completion time is over 111 hours, but I'm sure that'll settle down. :) Thanks again. NG Edit: Ah. I see I got a new application too. |
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(Message 2572)
Posted 22 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: Thanks, Kyong. Unfortunately, that hasn't made any difference either. :( Sat 22 Feb 07:20:47 2014 | Asteroids@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. NG |
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(Message 2569)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: I guess the Asteroids team hasn't time for that but with Crunch3r assisting them it's only a matter of time and a few tweaks to the app distribution system (it's a tad complicated here) before you get what you need. Hopefully so. It's not an OS X problem anyway but, as BilBg's been saying, a BOINC one. NG |
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(Message 2563)
Posted 20 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: Dagorath wrote: If I understand correctly, one can buy OSX and run it on any x86 based computer Hi Dagorath. Last I heard, Apple itself wasn't keen on the idea! Looking around the Web quickly this morning, I see plenty of sources describing how to do it, but the machine used has to have compatible components and drivers. The current version of OS X is free, but you can only get it by buying a Mac with it already installed or by downloading it from Apple's App Store using a machine already running a recent version. Otherwise, you have to buy (or otherwise acquire) a DVD copy of a recent version (which will cost more than it did when new), perform the installation process (which looks pretty long-winded), then, if it works, register with the App Store and upgrade. I get the impression Kyong doesn't have the time to research, carry out, and trouble-shoot all this. Maybe it's the compiler that is the tripping stone? The Mac OS developer tool package, Xcode, is also free — but again, only as an option from one of the older installer DVDs or by downloading the latest version from the App Store. I should think Kyong's deprecating the AVX version will get you crunching :-) It hasn't made the slightest difference. It's sse3 tasks I'm no longer getting. NG |
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(Message 2554)
Posted 19 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: Thanks for the replies. It was indeed the sse3 tasks I was getting before, none of which ever gave bad results. The only problem I've ever had with Asteroids@home tasks was a small batch of bad sse2s sometime last year. Dagorath wrote: If you're running OSX then you have effectively excluded yourself from many BOINC projects. An entertaining inversion. :) Running BOINC tasks is just an interesting secondary activity for me. It would never influence my choice of computer. While I do consider it a privilege to be able to contribute to scientific research in some small way, if a particular project doesn't support Mac OS, or if it regards Macs as more of an irritation than mobile phones, then it's a loss of crunchers to the project rather than any loss to me. My machines — even my old G5 — still get plenty of tasks from other projects. That said, the paucity of BOINC projects with Mac OS applications is interesting. In scientific documentaries broadcast on UK television, most of the scientists are shown using MacBook Pros. And yet this prediliction for Macs isn't reflected in the BOINC world. :\ NG |
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(Message 2546)
Posted 18 Feb 2014 by Nigel Garvey Post: Hi. I've not received any Asteroids@home tasks for the past six days. Every time my BOINC client asks for them, the event log goes as per the latest attempt: Tue 18 Feb 15:55:13 2014 | Asteroids@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mac OS 10.9.1 BOINC 7.2.39 Only CPU tasks requested The only thing that's changed here since returning the last batch of results is the upgrade to BOINC 7.2.39 three days ago. No problems with other projects. Are there really only GPU tasks available at the moment? NG |
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(Message 2150)
Posted 1 Dec 2013 by Nigel Garvey Post: Thanks. I've received the sse3 app and a couple of tasks this afternoon. They're doing well so far. NG |
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(Message 2114)
Posted 27 Nov 2013 by Nigel Garvey Post: I can confirm that my own Mac has requested A@H tasks twice today and not been sent any. I notice too that the 102.10 (sse2) app my machine has was replaced in the site's Applications list with 102.11 (sse3) two weeks ago, but I haven't been sent that either. NG |